Gerard Butler, Sam Worthington and Matthew McConaughey are teaming up for Thunder Run, an all-CG 3D action thriller being made by Freedom Films. Simon West is set to direct, according to Freedom Films, while Hyde Park International is handling international sales and launching the title at AFM.

The movie is adapting the novel Thunder Run – The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad, by Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent David Zucchino. Robert Port, who won an Oscar in 2003 for best short documentary, and Ken Nolan, who co-wrote Black Hawk Down, penned the script.

HUNTER KILLERGerard us currently in negotiations to star in Antoine Fuqua’s “Hunter Killer.”

Based on the novel “Firing Point” by George Wallace and Don Keith, the story follows an untested submarine captain who must work with a Navy SEAL team to rescue Russia’s president, who’s taken prisoner during a military coup. The two sides team to stop a rogue Russian general from igniting WWIII.

Butler is in talks to play Capt. Joe Glass, the commander of the USS Toledo, while “Avatar” star Sam Worthington is being eyed for the role of Bill Beaman, the leader of a special Navy SEAL unit called the Dev Group.

Gerard is currently at work on Of Men and Mavericks in California. Set pictures are in the gallery and at Pacifica Patch.

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Watch Gerry’s appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson below:

‘Machine Gun Preacher’ has decent first round in limited release
based on the real-life story of thug-turned-preacher Sam Childers, who traveled to Sudan to help children affected by the war there — opened in four theaters and collected $44,000, according to an estimate from distributor Relativity Media. The gives the movie, which played in New York and Los Angeles this weekend, a decent per-theater average of $11,000. Read more from the Los Angeles Times…

For a list of theaters currently scheduled to release the film, visit the official website. To get the film in your area, contact your local theater (try small independent theaters first) to solicit for the film in your area.

Virgin Mobile is donating four water wells to help orphans in Sudan have access to clean, safe water.

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This Saturday, Sept. 24th at the ArcLight Theater in Hollywood, Gerard Butler and Michelle Monaghan stars of MACHINE GUN PREACHER, as well as screenwriter Jason Keller will be doing a special Q&A after the 5:30pm showing of the film at the ArcLight Hollywood. Butler will also be introducing the 8:30pm show that evening.

To purchase tickets, click here. The 5:30pm show is already sold out, but the 8:30pm show still has tickets available.

MACHINE GUN PREACHER IN THEATERS
Machine Gun Preacher will be in limited release this weekend, but other theaters are being added for release on September 30, October 7 and October 14. Click here for a list.

The Machine Gun Preacher press junket began in Chicago, moved to Toronto and continues on US television in the next couple weeks. Below is a list of upcoming television appearances (appearances are subject to change):